The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 10, 1943, Page 2

THE ~ Publi Daily, Except Sunday, by le B, AMMAN. owner and Publinher |, Business From The Citizen Buiiding Corner Greene and Ann Streets renee arty Oni iy New: iy Day tasnanee in Rs Co A a etl lites atcha Aes nce wtered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter e OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ~ ed es is exclusively entitled to use ot * jor. news dispatches credited to he not oth ne greaiced in this paper and also the in.Key West and 310,00 5.00 2.50 a | 120 ADVERTISING RATES “Made known on application, SPECIAL NOTICE “All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutioss of respect, obituary notices, etc, will be charged for at 'H® rate of-20 cents @ line. ™ Notices" for entertainment by churches trom which v*tevenuevis to be derived are 6 cents a line. “The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sfon of public issues and subjects of local or general uiterest but it will not publish anonymous communi- DITORIAL_ tas, IATION ——— ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. More ‘Hotels and Apartments. =2.. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 73. Airports—Land and Sea. :24. “Consolidation of County and City Gov- ed / 2 cernments. "5. A Modern City Hospital. steaese _ ee SAVE PUERTO RICO an bey Phere is a bill before Congress to grant independence to the island of Puerto Rico. Anything that suggests independence for ahy Country today has an appeal, and there- iy liéS one of the dangers of this proposal. The"people of the United States are to- tally-unfamiliar with Puerto Rico and what itmeans to that nation. They do not realize a@-territory of the United States and can be the 49th state, It is therefore of the ut- miostimportance that the widest possible uhdérstanding of this issue be gained im- njediately. «= Puerto Rico is one of our most impor- tant island bases. It guards the Panama canal and provides a point from which we eauld intercept an enemy attacking our astern coast. There are foreign: powers that would like to see Puerto Rico given so-called inde- pendence on the chance they could gobble it-up. = ‘Talk about “freeing” our fellow citi- zens in Puerto Rico, 99 per cent of whom are citizens of the United States, and 50 per cant of whom are natural born citizens of this country, is fantastic. = ~The representative of Puerto Rico in ur Congress recommends statehood for the island. It would be costly folly to cast our island possessions adrift. They are a forti- fied ring around our nation. They have real freedom and protection under our govern- ment. = Instead of throwing Puerto Rico away under a false banner of independence, we would better give it statehood, as advocat- ed in both the Republican and Democratic national platforms of 1940, and add a new star to our flag. The danger of allowing any island out- post of the American continent to fall into the hands of another power is illustrated by ofr loss of Kiska and until recently, Attu. _ HOME-SIZED DEHYDRATORS aeaues The distribution of 30,000 newly-de- veloped, home-sized food dehydrators is ex- pected to enable housewives to preserve food which otherwise would be wasted. = A dehydrator was recently exhibited t® a group of Senators. It was developed by the TVA in cooperation with other agen- cies. The wood and insulation board cab- inet is three feet high and contains five 200- watt electric light bulbs and a fan to circu- late air over eight glass trays containing the fruit or vegetables to be treated. = The dehydrator has a capacity of about one bushel and if used for the 77-days of erop harvesting is expected to preserve more than 1,500 pounds of produce. There is great danger that what we consider unimportant is important. Well, the installment payments on the old car have ended and no new ear in sight. The old Romans had a proverb to the | étfectttiat “from Africa always comes something new.” The newest that has come from Africa recently is a battered Axis IN THE LAPS OF THE COUNCILMEN Some people, and most of them ate politicians, entertain the notion that our legislature, or congress, for that matter, may adopt and enforce any type of law it wishes. But the legislature can not make ef- fective any law or supposed law that runs afoul of the provisions of our constitution, and one of these provisions is that a contract that complies with every requirement of the constitution or statutory laws can not be abrogated by a legislative act. Therefore, the law passed at the last session of the legislature that imposes a daily tax of $1 on the buses in Key West is not enforcible. The transit company has a perfectly good contract with the City of Key | West, and our legislature can not vitiate | that contract. If the laws or supposed laws of the legis- lature were self-operative, we would not need any courts. But we have our courts to protect us, not only in our rights in civil life, but also against unconstitutional laws that a legislature may pass. The transit company has a birding con- tract with the city that extends over a period | of 10 years. In that contract it is stated speci fically that the company will not be requir. ed to pay the city any percentages cf earn- | ings for the first two years. The third year, three per cent of the gross income is to be paid; four per cent in the fourth year, and five per cent for the ensuing years. Now, that contract was properly ex- ecuted between the city, as represented by | cur duly elected councilmen, and the tran- sit company. Should the councilmen at- | tempt to force the company to pay that daily | $1 for each bus, the company could appeal | to the courts for protection. The case could | also be taken to the United States courts | provided any of the owners of stock in the company are residents of another state. It is really pathetic to.consider the ways in which our city councilmen have bungled in spending the city’s money and then grasp- | ing to get more money to spend. Is there no sacredness in one’s pledge, is a contract made by the city to be torn up and thrown | into a wastebasket at the convenience of the councilmen? What is to become with this legally executed instrument, in which the city pledges itself to keep faith in the | observance of clearly defined conditions. Any good judge would view the tax as a the contract with the company. The Citizen has heard that the council- men have shifted the blame for the $1 a day tax to Representative Bernie Papy. But let us assume that Papy passed the bill without saying a single word to the councilmen, is | that any excuse for the councilmen’s repu- diating their solemn pledge with the tran- sit company? Far better to let the law remain as dead | as thousands of other laws than for the councilmen to go back on their word and try to force the payment of the tax. If the state of Florida wishes to act in the matter, let it act, but The Citizen is confident that the state will not wiggle a finger in the | whole nefarious business. Finally, if the company packs up and leaves town, thereby ending abruptly the facilities that had been afforded thousands of Key Westers to travel about the city, those fuming and steaming thousands will place the blame just where it should be placed—in the laps of the city councilmen. Principles are usually read, not lived. Uncle Sam has Key West’s number; if you don’t believe it, ask Postmaaster Dion. In a few weeks the Japanese will sus- pect that they are involved in a war with TAX EQUALITY ESSENTIAL In spite of the generally expressed pub- lic desire for ‘‘pay-as-you-go” tax collec- tions, there is determined government oppo- sition to the plan. There is a feeling in the minds of many persons that the desire of governmental au- thorities is not so much to have equality before the law in matters of taxation as it is to enact atax law that will charge “all dividual. We are drifting far away from the other. army. « nation that intends to pin their ears back. | the traffic will bear,” depending on the in- | | foundation principle of our government— ‘| equality and justice for | Treasury Department insists on tax legisla- | tion which would make one man pay doubie | taxes while forgiivng the tax bill of an- | alli—when our | It makes no difference whether the | ; amount involved is one dollar or a million | —such punitive tax system would be the | | rankest kind of immorality in government. | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Chapter 2% GUB-ARCTIC night, neither light nor darkness, fell around Penny Vance as she made her way stealthily from Bert Stringer’s camp. La longe twilight, the French voyageurs of the old fur trading days called it. Penny could have obtained the | same effect during daylight by | wearing a pair of smoked glasses. Now she could almost believe she was wearing them. Cleared spaces among the huge Poplars and pines were _half- obscured by what. looked like the river that dusk was lightened with an orange glow. In the northwest the sky flamed. The sun had merely dipped below the horizon there, then would bob up again in the northeast. * Penny could see. That was the | important thing. It made it so | much easier. Besides, it was less frightening. She doubted if she would ever have had the courage to set out into these wilds alone, | groping through cat-black night. Thank heaven for the twilight. At least she could keep a sharp lookout for dangers ahead. “I want to know what rm | stumbling into,” Penny thought. “Hard enough, anyway.” In her haste, she’d done a poor iob packing. Everything was bulky and cumbersome. A little food, the first aid kit, bless it, and her two blankets. And, of course, the films. That was all. But it was enough. Under other circumstances, Penny would have smiled over the ap- pearance she made, stumbling along with that untidy hump on her shoulders. “Tt doesn’t matter,” she said. “The important thing is—I’ve out- witted Bert Stringer. I’m free.” B= was she free? Was anyone ever free in these wilds? | Everywhere the forest closed in, | hills rising in scarred bristling ranks ahead. Silence and mos- quitoes. Coyotes, wolves, bears. Always the possibility of getting lost . . . or getting hurt. Spraining | an ankle might result in fatal de- Jay. Her food might run out. There were so many things that thick enveloping dusk. But over fil could happen that must not hap- pen. “No,” thought Penny, “I won't even think of them. All I’ll think of is getting as far away from Bert Stringer in the next few hours as I can.” The sleeping tablets would pre- vent Stringer from following her immediately. He would probably not stir a foot until late morning. He would certainly have a sur- prise awaiting him when ae woke up. That gave Penny a good deal of grim satisfaction. She could hear him swearing when he found she’d gone. Then, later, would come the shock of another discovery — the missing ims. Whenever Penny thought about the films, her heart sang with ela- tion. How pleased Powell Ward would be. She could picture his as- tonishment when she brought them forth and handed them over. “You’re a trump, Penny! Oh, lord, what a relief!” She knew her fiance so well she could almost supply his words. “Great! Now we're getting somewhere. But, darling, how did you manage to do it?” Possession of the pictures he valued so highly surely should dis- pel any lingering resentment Pow- ell might be feeling at her running off from Fludson’s Hope against his wishes. It was the one thing which would placate him. And Cleve would be there—at least, she hoped he would be— silent and smiling his approval, those deep-meaning eyes of his on her face. And Bill— Would he be strong enough to greet her, too? Standing on his own feet? Or would he be lying in some hospital bed, still suffer- ing from his accident? Constable Rennick’s note, left at Le Frene’s shack hadn’i Leen too hopeful. UT he’s bound to recover in time,” Penny comforted her- self. “He has what Cleve has, courage and grit. The will to come through” ~~ Queer how Cleve kept intruding on all her thoughts. As though he were haunting her. She tried » picture Powell— and there wa: Cleve. She would visualize her i] KEY WEST IN | DAYS GONE BY OF JUNE 10, 1933 | Eight teachers in the Monroe {county public schools leave this | afternoon for Gainesville or Talla-| {hi e to attend summer school. ! The Woman's Guild of St. Paul's} |Episcopal Church will. hold a! meeting at 4 o'clock Monday af- | ternoon. | Members of the Young People’s} Department of the First Congrega- | tional Church will leave tomor-} row afternoon to attend the an-} | nual conference of that organiza-)} |tion to be held in Fort Lauder- | | dale. | ADEE ESE | The Wagner yacht, Paula} | Louise, arrived here today from a| cruise through the Dry Tortugas | keys. The yacht will remain in} port two days and then will pro- ceed to Miami for a short stay be- ; fore starting on a trip to New! | York. j | Commencement exercises of the; | graduating class:of thé Key West | High School, held last evening in] Bayview Park, drew probablyethe largest crowd in the | history of Key West at an affair of | that kind. The park, in the vicin-| ity of the bandstand, was crowded | with several thousand persons. Miss Clarice Albury, who had been visiting relatives in Miami, returned yesterday afternoon. and Miss} in Key} | Miss Esther Beales | Jessie Roach, teachers | West's public school, left yester- {day to attend summer school in Tallahassee. At the conclusion of } their studies there, they will go} | to their homes to pass the remain- |der of the summer vacation. ; Billy Gardner left here yester- | | day for St. Augustine, where he} | will make his future home with | is brother, Benjamin Gardner, ! yho is employed by the Florida} | East Coast Railway Company in} | that city. FEISS IRIS SOI IIIS IIRC TITIES AR IIIS TIA AAI IAC Mrs. Robert Lord and two chil- | dren, who had been visiting rela- } es in New Orleans for several} | weeks, returned home yesterday. Mrs. Clifton Bailey and Mrs. } brother and, inexplicatly, Cleve Stalked in. And, of course’ it was impossible to recall Bert Stringer at all without bringing in Cleve immediately. A hundred times in wher mind she had called forth that shocking scene in the woods. Cleve looking down contemptuously at £ :nger’s fallen figure, and then the crashing realizatior. that the man had drawn his gun. Days in the open had hardened Penny physically. The trail and a heavy pack were an old story. She dicn’t mind it now, only the lone- rans It rand no y of course, climbing st grades, str-igglin: through brush. Yau had to ght every inch of the way. Toward noon, she stopped to rest. : “He can’t overtake me now,” she thought. “I’m safe.” She ate her lunch cold. Even yet she was hesitant about mzking a fire. Twenty minutes for rest, then she took up her pack once more. “Keep going! Keep going!” Something inside her urged her on. “Keep going,’ it repeatec. “You must reach the mouth of Moose Creek and find Cleve.” She had to find Cleve and Marie, and Wolf, the little malemute. They must all set out at once by river for Fort St. John. so many things that couldn’t wait, so many things to do. “Keep going!” ‘T WiLicut, lovely golden dusk * in the north this time of year, sifted down through the trees that night before Penny stopped to make camp. This time she was too utterly exhausted even to think about a fire. She ate, almost ra- venously, spread out her blankets, Taised the collapsible frame, and tumbled in. At first she couldn’t sleep at all. Her shoulders were bruised from pack-straps. Her feet ached. There were welts on her body from mos- quitoes, sandflies and its, in spite of all her precautions. For some reasorft, she held herself tense. And that implacable inner voice that had urged her or. all day long wouldn’t be still now. “Keep going! Keep going! Keep going!” By sheer force of will, Penny shut out the voice and fell asleep. To be continued { Artistic desires are given with | much ability. The disposition may | be somewhat erratic. The fortunes | ed by other real nature good may aspects. The be suppressed } ‘and the hopes sometimes unreal- | phia. Died Oct. 15, 1789. ized. KILLED 38 BUFFALO NEW YORK—On a wager, “Buffalo Bill” Cody once killed | 38 buffalo in a day. | their home in Miami, arrived here | esterday for an indefinite stay‘ because of the serious illness of} their grandmother, Mrs. Char-} lotta Gould. Miss . Roberta Matcovich left yesterday for Miami to spend the summer vacation as a guest of Mrs.} T. A. Felton. ‘Today The Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: { “An expert has made the clev-} er suggestion that the surplus of Today's Anniversaries Did Yeu Kaow That Today In History the drar Plies to total, « 1801.—Tripc United States — to pay any mor 1851.—Fi by histor court ma 1925. — Ge j Conference b: bacteria in war 1940. France—“t 2—Town o | choslovakia wipe reprisal for er Heydrich—“a shot and womer | tion camps. _Today’s Birthdays U.S. Sen. Harry F. Byrd of j ginia, born Martinsburg. © 56 years ago. uito net over its | Harrison E. So: Rapids, National chairman, born Guth |64 years ago j Brig. Gen chief of Army ns Wooster, Ohio, 62 years ag Wi cha Luther C. Steward Nat'l. Federation « ployees, born Chattanoogz 66 years ago John W. Studet missioner of Edu | Gregor, Iowa, 56 Lawrence Wendell Fific | historic Brooklyn, N. Y., Plymouth |Chureh clergyman, born Benton | Harbor, Mich., 52 y 1735.—John Morgan, physician, ! mere connivance to subvert the provisions of | FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN | are not very good unless support-; Univ. of Penna. Medical School; Frank W. zu | tinental Army, born 1835. — Rebecca L. land. Died Jan. 1, 1919. historian, diplomat, field, N. J. Died Mar. 2, 1932. MOSTLY FOR TAX farm products could be reduced if} farmers would raise less stuff.” what was| ¢ “Electrical Don't wait too long to and clean weekly. 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